Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) found beached near the Placer River along Turnagain Arm is one of five grey whales reported dead along the Alaska coast during 2019.
The jury is still out on exactly what the cause is, but the unusually-coloured calf spotted near Nanaimo on Tuesday is already making waves.
The body of a minke whale washed ashore in the Grandi area of Reykjavík yesterday, shortly following the discovery of a dead orca whale near Hólmavík in the Westfjords.
The exact species is not known. Part of the carcass has ballooned with gas, a common occurrence with beached whales.
Samtökin Orca Guardians telja að háhyrningur sem rak á land við Heydalsá á Ströndum sé háhyrningur sem samtökin sáu síðast úti fyrir Grundarfirði í janúar 2016. Samtökin halda úti ljósmyndasafni með yfir 400 háhyrningum við Íslandsstrendur til að þekkja þá í sundur og fylgjast með ferðum þeirra, samsetningu hópa, fæðuvali og stofnstærð.
The whale is located in an inaccessible place where scientists are unable to take a necropsy.
Gray whales are dying at twice the usual rate as a brutal migration unfolds, with whales washing up on Washington state beaches, apparently starved to death.
NOAA is monitoring significant numbers of gray whale deaths this spring along the Pacific coast.
Near Nome, reports of seal pups and walrus calves hauled out on beaches are piling up at an unprecedented rate.
A pilot first spotted the whale last week. What caused the whale’s death isn’t yet known.
A second whale has been found dead floating in the middle of Turnagain Arm, just two weeks after a juvenile humpback whale was found dead on the Arm after stranding itself twice.
A pair of grey whales that found themselves beached Friday in Boundary Bay have begun to make their way out to deeper water.
The appearance of walrus on the ice off Nome added some excitement to the onset of spring.
The rehabilitation center in Seward doesn’t usually get bearded seals, which live much farther north.
“I think it was a little more stable, and there was a little bit more assurance that the ice you were on was not going to disintegrate on you that easy,” said whaling captain Gordon Brower.
A species rarely seen in the Seward area.
After scoping out the coast for a month, photographer Mark Nui was rewarded when he spotted three polar bears and a walrus. . ' LEO Member Eric Oliver writes, "walrus are rare these days in Labrador.."
It’s rare to see humpbacks in Turnagain Arm, known for its swift tides and shallow waters.
Sixty-three endangered Saimaa ringed seal pups were found during the early spring count carried out by forestry workers and volunteers.
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